Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO USES TEAR GAS AND FLASH GRENADES TO DISPERSE BEACHGOERS

Theme(s)
Public security, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about beachgoers amid covid-19 pandemy here [1] [2] and Bolsonaro’s statements about the context here [3]

Jan 01 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO VISITS CROWDED BEACH IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO, MEETS WITH HIS SUPPORTERS AND RAISES CRITICISM OF THE STATE GOVERNOR

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Watch the video here, at CBS News’ twitter [1]

Jan 01 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS INEFFECTIVE ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ AGAINST COVID-19 IN GOVERNMENT WEBSITE, BASED ON OUTDATED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Theme(s)
Negationism, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Jan 02 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO STATES THAT ‘BRAZIL IS BROKEN’ AND ATTACKS THE MEDIA AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Economy, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Jan 05 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO EVOKES ONCE AGAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTORAL FRAUD IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS, AND DEFENDS RETURN OF PRINTED VOTES IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Elections, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]. In November 2020 Bolsonaro said he would wait more time to recognize Biden’s victory, since he had ‘sources’ that confirmed there was fraund in the election [2]

Jan 06 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO GOES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE BRAZILIAN HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’) AND ISSUES EMERGENCY DECREE THAT EXEMPTS THE REGISTRATION OF VACCINES FOR PURCHASE

Theme(s)
Administration, Health
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here [1]

Jan 06 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

OFFICIAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION CHANNELS PROVIDE MISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 PREVENTION

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read analysis about the presence of fake news on the pandemic in Brazil [1] [2]

Jan 06 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

HEALTH MINISTER CRITICIZES MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE PANDEMIC AS THE COUNTRY REACHES 200,000 DEATHS

Theme(s)
Press, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jan 07 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ENDORSES TRUMP’S ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMS IN THE US

Theme(s)
Elections, International relations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about Bolsonaro’s statements suggesting electoral fraud in the US here [1] and more about the relationship between Bolsonaro and Trump here [2] [3]

Jan 07 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO POSTPONES DISCLOSURE OF VACCINE INFORMATION AND RESTRICTS ACCESS TO DATA DUE TO CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES WITH CHINESE COMPANY

Theme(s)
Science, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here [1] and more about China’s covid vaccines here [2]

Jan 07 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS ‘INADMISSIBLE’ TO NOT ADOPT INEFFECTIVE ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ AMID SANITARY COLLAPSE IN THE CITY OF MANAUS

Theme(s)
Negationism, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Amazonas

Read more about it here [1] and more about the situation in the city of Manaus here [2]

Jan 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CLAIMS THAT LESS THAN HALF OF THE BRAZILIAN POPULATION WANTS TO BE VACCINATED, HOWEVER, SURVEY SHOWS THAT 75% OF BRAZILIANS WOULD LIKE TO GET COVID-19 VACCINES

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Jan 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 2 TIMES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Also check all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jan 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ‘LIFE GOES ON’ DESPITE COVID DEATH TOLL NEARING 200,000

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s remarks on the covid crisis here [1] and here [2]

Jan 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE MINISTER OPENS INVESTIGATION AGAINST JOURNALIST FOR SUICIDE INCITEMENT AFTER WRITING THAT IF TRUMP KILLED HIMSELF, BOLSONARO, SHOULD DO THE SAME

Theme(s)
Information, Political positioning, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about press freedom under Bolsonaro administration here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Jan 10 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FIREARMS REGISTRATION CARRIED OUT BY THE FEDERAL POLICE INCREASES BY 90% IN 2020 AND BOLSONARO CONSIDERS IT TO BE INSUFFICIENT

Theme(s)
Gun control, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about the firearm registration increase in 2020 here [find out here] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jan 10 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

HEALTH MINISTER SAYS THAT BRAZIL’S VACCINATION PROGRAM WILL START ON ‘D-DAY’ AND ‘H-HOUR’, AND WITHHOLDS ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PLAN

Theme(s)
Administration, Health
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jan 11 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BRAZIL’S VICE-PRESIDENT STATES THAT THE LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER IS ‘EXAGGERATING’’ ON HIS CRITICS OF BOLSONARO

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the tensions between the Vice-President and Bolsonaro here [1] [2] [3], and the VP’s statements about the pandemic here [4] [5]

Jan 11 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

THREATENED WITH IMPEACHMENT REQUESTS, BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ONLY GOD MAY REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE

Theme(s)
Administration, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the context of the Congress motions to remove Bolsonaro from office here [1]

Jan 11 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH ANÍSIO TEIXEIRA (‘INEP’) MAINTAINS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION (‘ENEM’) DATES AMID WORSENING OF THE PANDEMIC, AND CANDIDATES ARE PROHIBITED FROM TAKING THE EXAM DUE TO OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS

Theme(s)
Education, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2] and more about how covid-19 deepens education inequality in Brazil here [3][/ink]

Jan 12 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT THE PRESS HAS ‘PLENTY OF’ FREEDOM IN HIS GOVERNMENT, DESPITE EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the relationship of Bolsonaro with the press here [1]

Jan 12 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF HEALTH CANCELS MEETING WITH GOVERNORS ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF VACCINATION ROLLOUT, BUT MEETS WITH BUSINESSMEN ON THE FOLLOWING DAY TO DISCUSS VACCINES AND THE ECONOMY

Theme(s)
Administration, Health
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it in Portuguese here [find out here] or find more about how the pandemic crises is being handled by Brazilian government here [1] [2] [3]

Jan 12 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO BLAMES AMAZONAS STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE’S CAPITAL MAYOR FOR THE INCREASE IN COVID CASES, REAFFIRMING THAT ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED DESPITE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

Theme(s)
Administration, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Amazonas

Read more about the health system collapse in Amazonas State [1] and how ‘early treatment’ discourse has been spreading in Brazil through various governmental and non-governmental institutions [2]

Jan 12 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE NATIONAL FORCE TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS TARGETING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS

Theme(s)
Environment, Public security, Security and Environment
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Amazonas

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. On February 2021 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) started a project in collaboration with the Brazilian government [1]. Read more about the context here [2] [3]

Jan 12 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO MOCKS EFFICACY RATE OF CORONAVAC, VACCINE PRODUCED IN BRAZIL WITH CHINESE TECHNOLOGY

Theme(s)
Negationism, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]. Read more about the political crusade by Bolsonaro against the Coronavac [2] [3]. Read more about how Government Bolsonaro has been dealing with covid-19 vaccination prospects here [4]

Jan 13 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ATTEMPTED TO SABOTAGE MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19 AND USED ‘INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIES’ TO PROPAGATE THE VIRUS, ACCORDING TO RESEARCH REPORT

Theme(s)
Information, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jan 13 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) EXONERATES SUPERVISOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES DEPARTMENT CAUSING A COLLECTIVE RESIGNATION

Theme(s)
Administration, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the fight on environmental fines under Bolsonaro here [1] [2]

Jan 14 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT BOLSONARO AND HEALTH MINISTER ASSOCIATE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COLLAPSE IN MANAUS TO LOCAL CLIMATE AND LACK OF INEFFECTIVE ‘EARLY TREATMENT’, BUT THE SUPPOSED CORRELATION HAS NO SCIENTIFIC GROUNDS

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Amazonas

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the health system collapse in Amazonas State [1] and how ‘early treatment’ discourse has been spreading in Brazil through various governmental and non-governmental institutions [2]

Jan 14 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 7 TIMES IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY, AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Also check all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jan 14 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

HEALTH SYSTEM COLLAPSE FORCES THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF AMAZONAS STATE TO IMPOSE A CURFEW IN THE STATE

Theme(s)
Administration, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Amazonas

Read more about this context here [1] and here [2]

Jan 14 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal, State

MANAUS, CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF AMAZONAS, FACES OXYGEN SHORTAGE AND REGISTERS RECORD IN DEATHS DUE TO COVID-19

Theme(s)
Health, Power conflicts, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Amazonas

Read more about it here [1] [2]
[3]
[4] [5] [6]

Jan 14 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT BOLSONARO, LAWMAKER CARLA ZAMBELLI AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TWEET PROMOTING KNOWINGLY INEFFICIENT ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ AGAINST COVID-19 AND TWITTER FLAGS THE POSTS AS MISLEADING AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1] [2] . Posts made by Bolsonaro were removed from social media in March 2020 for promoting early treatment drugs and end of social isolation [4] [5] [find out here]

Jan 15 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ‘TRAUMA’ CAUSED BY COVID-19 IS UNNECESSARY AND THAT SOCIAL ISOLATION MEASURES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE DEATHS THAN THE PANDEMIC ITSELF

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Bolsonaro has consistently downplayed the seriousness of covid-19 and opposed social isolation measures [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here],

Jan 15 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO FALSELY ACCUSES BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) OF PROHIBITING HIM FROM TAKING ANTI-COVID MEASURES; STF REBUTS IT IN AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT

Theme(s)
Information, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Bolsonaro and false claims amid covid-19 pandemic here [1]

Jan 15 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION CLAIMING THAT THE BRAZILIAN ARMY IS COMPLICIT IN COVID-19 DEATHS, ARMY GENERAL DEMANDS RETRACTION

Theme(s)
Administration, Armed Forces, Political positioning, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] [1]

Jan 18 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DELAYS COVID VACCINE DELIVERY TO STATES AND MINISTRY OF HEALTH BLAMES GOVERNORS FOR LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS

Theme(s)
Federalism, Health, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Jan 18 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ONCE MORE, BOLSONARO CRITICIZES CORONAVAC VACCINE, DEVELOPED BY CHINESE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY SINOVAC BIOTECH

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it – in Portuguese [find out here] and about this context here [1]

Jan 18 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT THE ARMED FORCES DECIDE IF BRAZIL IS A DEMOCRACY OR A DICTATORSHIP

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1]. On March 30, 2021, all three armed forced commanders resigned in protest against Bolsonaro’s attempts to gain the army’s support for his government [2] [find out here]

Jan 18 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CRITICIZES 2021 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAM (‘ENEM’) QUESTION ADRESSING GENDER WAGE GAP

Theme(s)
Education, Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here]. The exam’s date in 2021 was maintaned despite rise in Pandemic cases, and some candidates were not allowed to take the exam as there was not enough space in the classrooms to keep social isolation [find out here]. In 2019 Bolsonaro criticized the exam for adopting LGBT vocabulary, and exonerated the presidente of the institute responsible for the exam [find out here]. The new president of the institute stated, in 2019, that Bolsonaro is the owner of the exam, and can decide on any changes [find out here]. A Commission was also created to remove ‘ideological matters’ from the exam [find out here]. The exam of 2019 was the first, since 2009, to not have any questions about the military dictatorship in Brazil [find out here].

Jan 18 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

GENERAL ATTORNEY OF THE REPUBLIC SAYS IT IS NOT ‘HIS PLACE’ TO INVESTIGATE CRIMINAL ACTS COMITTED BY PRESIDENT BOLSONARO FOR PROBLEMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS AND THAT BRAZIL LIVES ‘AN ANTECHAMBER OF THE STATE OF DEFENSE’

Theme(s)
Administration, Power conflicts
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here [1]

Jan 19 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESSMAN FLÁVIO BOLSONARO DISCOURAGES VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 AND DISTORTS SCIENTIFIC DATA TO SUPPORT HIS CLAIM

Theme(s)
Negationism, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. President Bolsonaro has repeatedly discredited vaccination as a tool to fight the pandemic, including statments he would not get vaccinated and tha the vaccination would not be compulsory; remind some of them here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. After intense criticism, the president started changing his position, and in March 2021, his son Flavio Bolsonaro urged president supporters to share on social media an image saying that the vaccine is Brazil’s weapon [1]

Jan 19 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF HEALTH SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE TO TRANSFER AROUND R$ 100 MILLION TO ARMED FORCES TO HELP IN THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT

Theme(s)
Health, Militarization, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] [1] and check more information on the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil [2]

Jan 19 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF HEALTH APP ‘TRATECOV’ RECOMMENDS ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ AGAINST COVID-19 WITH HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, DESPITE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EFFICACY

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [find out here] and about push for hydroxychloroquine use in covid-19 treatment here [1]

Jan 20 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION COMMONLY DOES NOT PROVIDE ANSWERS TO JOURNALISTS

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about attacks on the press under Bolsonaro Administration here [1]

Jan 20 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

HEALTH MINISTER APPOINTS ARMY RESERVE GENERAL WHO LACKS THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS AS MINISTRY ADVISOR

Theme(s)
Administration, Health, Militarization
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. While Pazuello was the health minister, by March 2021, there were 21 military men in senior positions in the ministry [1]

Jan 21 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 5 TIMES IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY, AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Check all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jan 21 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF ATTACKED THE MEDIA ON 580 OCASIONS IN 2020 ACCORDING TO SPECIALIZED NGO

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Jan 22 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) CREATES NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS IDENTITY

Theme(s)
Indigenous people
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about this case – in Portuguese [find out here], the increase of violence against indigenous people under Bolsonaro administration [2] [3], and the opinion against the referred Funai measure published by the Federal Public Prosecution Office – in Portuguese [4]

Jan 22 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR BE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE VACCINES BUT ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICAL REFUSES

Theme(s)
Administration, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro and the covid-19 vaccines here [1]

Jan 26 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO STATES HAS ‘ALWAYS SAID’ THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD BUY VACCINES APPROVED BY THE BRAZILIAN HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’), WHICH IS FALSE

Theme(s)
Economy, Health, Negationism, Science
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here — in Portuguese [find out here] and about the vaccine rollout under Bolsonaro Administration here [1][/link] [2]

Jan 26 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO RAILS AGAINST PRESS AFTER BEING CRITICIZED FOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURES WITH FOOD SUPPLIES THAT EXCEEDED 1,8 BILLION REAIS IN 2020

Theme(s)
Fiscal balance, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this case [1] [2] and about the Minister of Foreign Affairs defense of Bolsonaro’s behaviour [3]

Jan 27 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS HE INTENDS TO PARTICIPATE AND HAVE INFLUENCE OVER THE ELECTION OF THE NEW LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more on this context here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Jan 27 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

NEW MINISTRY OF HEALTH ADVISOR SAYS THAT IF THINGS GET ANY WORSE, ‘PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE ON THE STREETS’ AMID STATEWIDE HEALTH SYSTEM COLLAPSE IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS

Theme(s)
Administration, Health
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Amazonas

Read more about the state of Amazonas’s health system collapse here [1] [find out here] [find out here]

Jan 28 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

ONLY ONE OUT OF 31 ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN RURAL AREAS COMITTED IN 2019 THAT RESULTED IN DEATH HAD ITS INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED BY JANUARY 2021

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Gun control, Indigenous people, Land regularization, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1] [2]

Jan 28 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL POLICE INVESTIGATES TEACHER FOR INSTALLING BILLBOARD CRITICIZING PRESIDENT BOLSONARO, ON THE BASIS OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW ( ‘LSN’)

Theme(s)
Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1]

Jan 29 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DETERMINES THAT HIGHWAY FEDERAL POLICE MONITOR SOCIAL NETWORKS IN ORDER TO FIND OPPOSING REACTIONS TO GOVERNMENT’S MEASURES AND REDUCE DAMAGES TO THE IMAGE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AMID HEALTH SYSTEM COLLAPSE IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS

Theme(s)
Information, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Amazonas

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the health system collapse in Amazonas state here [1] [2]

Jan 29 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL COURT (‘TRF-1’) DECIDES THAT REPORT MADE BY THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES CONTROL (‘COAF’) ON BOLSONARO’S FAMILY LAWYER FINANCES IS ILLEGAL AND INTERRUPTS INVESTIGATION AGAINST HIM

Theme(s)
Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about this case – in Portuguese [1] and about who is Frederick Wassef [2]

Jan 30 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CIVILIANS NOW OWN OVER 1 MILLION GUNS. FIREARM POSSESSION GREW BY MORE THAN 65% OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS

Theme(s)
Gun control, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1]. Bolsonaro administration has repatedly loosened gun controls and eased the importation of guns; remind some of the decrees, ordinances and other administrative tools on this matter [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here].

Jan 31 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OF JANUARY, AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Check all the acts against the recommendations here [find out here]

Jan 31 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO MAY HAVE COMMITTED SEVERAL CRIMES OF RESPONSIBILITY AND COUNTS WITH MORE THAN 60 IMPEACHMENT REQUESTS AGAINST HIM UNTIL THE CURRENT DATE, BECOMING THE PRESIDENT WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF IMPEACHMENT REQUESTS IN BRAZIL’S HISTORY

Theme(s)
Administration, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about Bolsonaro’s impeachment requests amid pandemic [1], the opinion of the current Lower House Speaker on the matter [2] and an opinion article defending the procedure [3]

Jan 31 2021
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